Artist Talk: Harold Ancart & Filip Gilissen

Harold Ancart describes himself as a draftsman, yet his is a draftsmanship that mocks its own precision with errors, stains, traces and burns. His artistic practice ranges from sculptural installations to drawings. More recently, Ancart’s practice has made way for using an image taken from the popular culture of tourism, a typical beach paradise.

Filip Gilissen, on the other hand, is drawn to gold, a glittering color that he uses in many of his works to reflect upon representations of wealth, happiness, on –as he puts it, “the overstatement of signs of thrill and celebration in a success driven society.”

While having very different practices and developing various concerns, both artists share a certain fascination for mainstream images. As such, the conversation will focus on the use and the role of these seemingly dream-selling pictures both in their respective practices and in the public realm.

The context of this conversation will also be the occasion for them to express their thoughts in relation to the tension that can (co-)exist between melancholia and utopia.

Location: Witte de With, Melanchotopia Epicenter (3rd floor)
Language: English
No reservation necessary.
This event will be broadcast live on Witte de With´s homepage.